Manuel L. Quezon

Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina ( born August 19, 1878 in Baler, Philippines; † August 1, 1944 in Saranac Lake, United States) was a Filipino politician with Spanish roots.

Quezon was born on August 19, 1878 in Baler. He studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and then at the University of Santo Tomas, where he was taught by Cayetano Arellano. He settled down in 1903 as lawyer. After two years as a lawyer, he was appointed governor of the province of Tayabas, now called Quezon selected. In 1907, he came in the first parliament of the Philippines, the Philippine Assembly. From 23 November 1909, he sat as an elected representative of the Nacionalista Party in the House of Representatives of the United States, where he worked for the territory of the Philippines until his resignation on 15 October 1916, the office of a non-voting delegate ( Resident Commissioner ).

Between 1916 and 1935 he was a member of the Senate of the Philippine legislature and was during this time also the President of the Senate.

He was elected in 1935 the first president of the Philippines. In 1941 he fled because of the occupation of the Japanese in the United States, where he formed a government in exile. According to him, Quezon City and Quezon province were named. Quezon died on August 1, 1944 in the state of New York.